Antibody response in six HACEK endocarditis cases under therapy

APMIS

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 547-552

  Zbinden, Reinhard ^a   Hany, Adolf ^b   Lüthy, Ruedi ^a   Conen, Dieter ^c   Heinzer, Ivo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonsspital Wintherthur ^*  (Switzerland)

^c CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Complement fixation; Endocarditis; HACEK

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CARDIOBACTERIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS; HUMAN; KINGELLA KINGAE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; CARDIOBACTERIUM HOMINIS; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; HAEMOPHILUS; KINGELLA KINGAE;

EID: 0031750891     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb01383.x     Document Type: Article

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